Friday, March 19, 2010

Back to blogging with Athirasams - Indian Cooking Challenge


Ariselu/ Aathirasallu/ Athirasams were chosen for the Indian Cooking Challenge for February-March 2010. As with every challenge two tried recipes were given. I chose to go with the first recipe which you may read in Srivalli's blog. I skip writing the recipe all over.

I tried with just 200 grams of rice. The jaggery I used was very yielding, so I reduced the quantity to 125 grams (as against the 150 grams given in her original recipe). The result was six pieces of super delicious athirasams. The addition of sesame seeds and cooking poopy seeds are optional.


I would love to try the second recipe at some point of time.

I follow the recipe as posted earlier which works fine for me, yet I would love this for a back up; and that is what the Indian Cooking Challenge is all about - giving better working recipes that can be easily followed by most of us.


28 comments:

  1. Lovely One.. we call it Ariselu.. Looks yummy n perfect.. :)

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  2. Cute and lovely athirasams...

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  3. looks perfect and yummy..our favourite..welcome back....

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  4. Good to see u back to blogworld. Akka, Valli had given 250gms of jaggery for the first recipe. Was it a typo. Becoz I followed that I had to add some more rice flour since I felt jaggery was too much, from my previous exp.

    Yours have come out well too. Needless to say you are a pro.

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  5. good to see u back with a yummy post lathaji :) nice snaps

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  6. I tried the first recipe and it failed me... :( I think I messed up the syrup consistency... and second was so easy.

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  7. Thank you all! Jayasree, I followed the recipe in her Cooking4allseasons blog, which was 1kg rice and 750 grams jaggery. This might have been a typo.
    myspicykitchen, as said above the jaggery quantity might have been more and so it might have been a problem. read her blog where you might find exact measures and method.

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  8. Hi Lata missed u a lot and also ur friendly and lovely comments.welcome back.the athirsams look tempting and inviting.Hoping to see more of u.

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  9. Hi Latha.. .how are u doing??
    Good to see u back !!!

    welcum back with a lovely zing!!

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  10. Good to see you back.. really missed ur post all these days.. Hope u had good time in India.. nice to know that u met Shanti Madam too.

    Pavithra

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  11. Seems we both came back to blogsphere on same time...Ariselu looks great and yummy..

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  12. Good to see you back..Athirasams look perfect and yummy!!

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  13. Good to see you back. Athirasam looks beautifully browned and delicious.

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  14. Welcome back..ariselu looks so perfect

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  15. Athirasam looks perfect latha aunty. I have been wanting to make these for a long time with pagu type.

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  16. Your athirasams look devine.Thanks for helping me out with tip on my blog as to what caused mine to go rather too crispy.I will try your suggestion next time to improve mine.

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  17. Hi Latha
    Hope you enjoyed your stay in India!! your sweet dish looks tasty and yummy...

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  18. Lathaji,

    Athirasam looks perfect

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  19. Hi! Lataji, Welcome back!!! athirasams are so tempting!!!

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  20. hey this looks so tasty..will try making it...I am sure you must have enjoyed your India trip..

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  21. Hi lata, nice to see you back, are you now armed with more recipes!!, looking forward!!, athirasams look great, I had a great saga in making them, i might post it today!!, yours look lovely, you are an expert in this i suppose, i had seen them in your kitchen a while ago!! happy to see you, hope you are doing well

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  22. Good to see you back in action!

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  23. Perfect and yummy. Back to the pavilion!!!???

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  24. Hi Lataji How r u doing yummy wraps and ariselu

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Hello,
Welcome and thank you for taking time to drop by.
I appreciate your valuable comments and tips.
I sincerely hope to improve with them.
Hope we shall interact often.
Thanks once again,
Lata Raja.